The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, March 18, 1863, Image 1

TILE PRESS,
11111LISHID DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
'lty JOHN W. FORNF.Y.
, OFFICB. No. 111 SOUTH FOURTH EMMET
THZ DAILY PRESS,
IitIORYERS ORRIS PER WEEK. ' payable to the Carrier.
&ailed to Subscribers out of the City at EiCIECT DOLLARS
_FRS ARMOR, FOUR DOLLARS FOP. Six MONTHS, Two Dot
as-as Fos TRUSS Motryis—inyatiably in advance; for the
thus ordered. • .
AS- Advertisements 4nserted at the natal rates. Six
Sines constitute a Square.
THE,' TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Babeoribere out of the City at Foos Dowase
'rya Alortrx, in advance.
eLOTHING.
BOYS?- CLOTHING.
JeCKETS' AND PANTS.
BOYS' SUITS, $6
BOYS' SUITS, $7.
BOYS' SUITS, $B.
BOYS' SUITS, $9.
BOYS' SUITS, $lO
BOYS' SUITS, $ll
SACKS AND SUITS MADE TO ORDER
'LARGE STOCK OF GOODS TO SELECT FROM.
GOODS AT RETAIL FOR MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR
COOPER' & CONARD.
rrail4-ti S. E. corner NINTEI AND BIARKET Sta.
"WANAMAKER & BROWN'S
"OAK HALL"
CLOTHING,
Southeast corner SIXTH . and MARKET streets.
'WANAMAKBR Se•BROWN'S
'WANAMAKER &'-BROWN'S . •
WANAISIAKER & BROWN'S
WANAMAKER &,BROWN!S
'WAN AN AKER Sc - BROWN'S
"WANANIAKER , & BROWN'S .
WANAIA AKER & ,BROW , •
VANAMAKER & BROWN'S •
ANAMAKBR & BRoWN'S
"WANAMAKER & BROWN'S
'WANAMAKBR & BROWN'S
"WANAMAKER & BROWN'S -
OAK HALL" CLOTHING,
OAR 'P ALL" CLOTHING,
• " OAK HALL" CLOTHING.
"OAK'HALL" CLOTHING.
" OAK HALL" CLOTHING,
"OAK HALL" CLOTHING,
"OAK HALL" CLOTH I NG,-
" OAK HALL" CLOTHING,
"OAK HALL" CLOTHING,
"OAK HALL" CLOTHING,
"OAK HALL" CLoTHING
"OAK HALL" CLOTHING;
ISPRTNG AND SUMMER,IB63, • -
tSPE ING AND SUMMER, 1853,. .
fii - PRIN WAND 3ummu.1863.
, EPRINO AND SITMMER,IB63,
:SPRING AND 511MMER,3.863,
SPRING AND SUM MER. 1863,
tSPRINWAND SUMMEROB6 - 3,
ISPETC.AND SUMMER,IB63, -
tSPRI AND SUISIMER,IS63,. •
:SPRT AND SIIMMER,I363,
'SPRING} AND SUMMER, 1863, •
- NO - NO AND SUMMER,IE63, - - •
- S. F. COP,. SIXTH & MARKET.
•-•• ' • • S. E. COB. SIXTH & MARKET.
S. E. COR. ; SINT &,MARKET.
S. E. COR.. SIXTH & MARKET.
S. E. COB. b.IXTR & MARKET,
8. E. COR. SIXTH & MARKET.
S. E. CO R. SIXTH Sr. M ARKET.
S. E. COB. SIXTH , & MARKET.
S. E. COR..SIXTH & MARKET.
S. B. COIL SIXTH :& MARKET.
S. B. COR. SIXTH & M IRK ET.
B. E. COR. SIXTH S& MARKET.
mh1.34je30
ARMY CLOTHING - , etc.
A. OPPENHEIMER,
.mL
Wor CRURCH Allen PhilaaelplilA.
COI TRACToN AND MANUFACTURER OW
ARMY 'ID:LC/THING .
Of Every Description.
-ALSO, -
HAVNBSACKS,
PONCHOS,
CAMP BLAITHDTS,
KNAPSACK% and
BED TIOKINOS POR. HOSPITALS.
MATERIAL BOUGHT FOR CONTRACTORS:.. .
goods road. will be guarantied regulation 'in cu &
W. B. Orderi of any size tilled with deanatah. ia74ka
GENTS* , FURNISHING GOODS.
T EK- BEIIRT EMPORIUM,
Ilffoei. 1 AM) 7i DTOETH SiXTH STREET
JOJELN C. -ARRISON,
,ITOBBIRBLY L BURR-MOORE.)
IMPORTER ♦DD MIMI - FACTURES OF
VrENTIMMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
TN GREAT„4I.IETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES.
N. B.—Particalsr attention given to the making ofabirts.
Collars, DraWer!.. &e
VINE . SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The eixlmailber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED CTIT OF SHIRTS,
'Which be makes a - specialty in his business. Also:cow;
etantly ressivink,
.NOVELTIES FOR ORNTRIIMEN'S
J. W. SCOTT. — • •
.isErrimargw , s FIJRNISHItoo' STORE:-
No.„ gprturgrsTxvi' STREET,
SaTAI - .Foo..;1100213 blow the Continental.
PAPER HA
ADELPHIA
PHI
PAPER H'ANGINGS.
HOWELL .I,3OIJRICR,
/CORNER OF
ifOITRTH otiv .11fARKET STREETS,
ITY.A.CTURERS Or
PAPER HANGINGS
•
WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
vater r to the Trade a LABGE . AND ELEGANT .ASSORT
%ENT OrGOODS, from the.cheapeat Brown: Stook to
, the 'Finest DEICONW.O3III. ,
. .
tt E. OM. FOURTH-AND MARKET STREETS.
N..B4—Solid Green, Blue, and Buff WINDOW PA
CERS of every 'grade. 6313-2 m •
WALL - PAPE
"Iv WALL PAPERS.
• • Attention is Invited' to- onr new dock of Wall Pa-
Ders now being daily received from factory; all new de
'GIVES for spring. which will be , sold at right mices.
JOHN H. LONGSTRETH,
• No. 12 North THIRD Street.'
Rooms Papered byefficient workmen • fe2S-Im*
SEWING MACHINES.
TILT, THERE! _-
AT THE OLD STAND.
6203 CHESTNUT sawn,
. „
Second liotilePpostim Sayne'e Halt
WHEELER 8c "WILSON
. . . .. .
SEWING MACHINES. '•
The undersigned ,has not removed, but is ready ithis
I id Office to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with.
•
very style and quality of
WHEELEX.4 WILSON SEWING MACHINES.
.Machines'to hire; alio, wi h iirst-class operators, to
nyatefamilles and hotels. by ' e day.
Maelline stitehing4One at s otice, in allyarty quantity.
Machines repair,* anduper irs taught.- ,
Macy . . HENRY COY.
S EWING}
THE !` BLOAT'.' MACHINE;
ITH GLASS PRESSER FOOT, •
. . NEW STYLE HEMMER, BRAIDER,
d other 'valuable improvements.
'HE TAGGART ez,FARR MACHINES.
e l : s 3rl7—N. E. corner NINTH and CHERRY Streets.
iI.. NGER'S ...
'SEWING - MACHIN ES,,
. Family Sowing and Manufacturing Purposes
:10 aII'ESTNUT StREET.
'. 4 1 1 E , WILCOX - it 'GIBBS . _
FAMILY. , . -
SEWING MACHINES •.
lave ben greatly improved. niakingit •
ENTIRELY NOISELESS, •
i z o 1,7 adi tut ing Hemmers, are nowKS
v ßapr for
. 7.L5 CHESTNUT Street.
-FAIRBANKS, SCALES.
4ori 'tj TI 0 N
1 ,
The well-earned :reputation of
SCALES
Was induced the makers of Imperfect balances to offer
, them as "FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers have
lbereby, IA many Instances, been subjected to fraud And
elmposition. Fairllanks' Scales are Manufactured only
by the original hqenters, E. & T. FAIRBANKS &CQ.
, and are adapted to every branch of the business, .where
ea correct and durable Scales Is desired.
• T'l IREANIC.S (% EWING,
General Agents,
stplo-tr MASONIC HALL, 715 CHESTNUT
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
EOI3ERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
liFtheast Corner FCIIIITH and,RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
arPORTRES AND DEALERS
191113y31N AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
WANITY&OT7REBB OF
`WHITE LEAD AND, ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &a.,
AGENTS FOB TEN:ONi, •EATED
'FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Wealers and coital:mere suppltedat
,110,3.5za VER
~Y LOW_PRICES.:FOR CASH
TIPERPETU:A.I.; .
BEAUTY.- '
UN T 'S
a• WHITE LIQUID -- ENAItrEL, prepared from the're•
4telpt of Madam Eachel-Leyereen, the celebrated. Parisian
"ladies'•Enamellee;rlt whitens te skin; giving a 110147
45
-atin-like,texture, and imparts a fret huese smoothness,
apearttlike tint and transparency to the complexion which
IR quite nattiramithout injury , to .the skin, and aannOli ,
Vossibly be !detected. Price 25 cents. Ladies are re
quested to call for a &miler, and try the enamel before
VUrehaeinelVrhis preparation is 'indispensable for the
istme. Sold only at ` HUNT & CO. 11, Perfumers,
"Sa-Sin 133 SontitSAVENTE Street, above Walnut,
VOL. 6.-NO. 193.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
EYRE & LANDELL,
E & L.
FOURTH AND ARCH.
FOURTH AND ARCH,
FOURTH AND ARCH.
.ARE OPE - NING FOR
SPRING SALES.
FASHIONABLE SILKS,
FASHIONABLE SHAWLS,
FASHIONABLE ORGANDIES,
FASHIONABLE CHINTZES,
•
FASHIONABLE SKIRTINGS,
TAFFETA DE ANNISSE, New Goods,
TACON CLOTHS FOR DRESSES,
FULL LINE OF STAPLE GOODS.
inm-wfmtr ••••••7 4 . 4
6 6 A T RETAIL."
JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO,
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
OFFER AT MODERA.
RETAIL DE
Black and Fancy Silks,
Black and Colored Alya-
Cash
Poplins Vantage,
Taffeta d'Annessey.
French Lawns and Organ
dies
Franck Chintzes and Per-
Brilliants and Piques, •
Spring; Shawls, new color-
Black Thibet and Markt°
Shawls,
Square and Long Shawls.
. And a general assortment
styles and qualities.
1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
E. M.-NEEDLE'S
At prices!generally below present cost of 'impor
tation,
WHITE GOODS, all deEciiptions.
EMBROIDERIES, do do
LINEN. HANDKERCHIEFS, do
VEILS &c.. 80.
And respectfully invites an inspection of his
1024 CHESTNUT STREET
SPRINT TRADE." 1863.
1863. G-
1.04: CHESTNUT STREET.
E. IVL. NEEDLES
Hasjust received, and offers -at moderate prices, 100
printed LINEN CAMBRIC DRESSES, choice styles and,
extra quality; also 25 pieces Printed Linens for boys'
JUST OPENED.
100 dozen LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,- at 123 , .." cents
100 do do do at 16 cents.
E. M. NEEDLES,
1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
100 pieces WRITE PIQUES. 150 c to $l.OO.
. _
100 `• BUFF and FIGURED, 50c to nog.
The above are now much in demand for LADIES' and
CHILDREN'S WEAR, and are offered at very mode-
JUST RECEIVED,
A- new lot of Lace Trimmed and Muslin BOWS' iatest
styles and very =Aerate prices. '
E. M.. NEEDLES.
1021-CHESTNUT STREET.-
a24lap4
E. M. NEEDLES,
- orr.tST:III7TSTR - E ET,
Bitis received 100 THREAD VEILS, from $3 to $l2 each.
These goods are offered at prices ranch below present
market rates. - mhll-2m
SPRING. CLOAKS.
P..." Water-Proof Cloaks.
Black Cloth Cloaks.
Cloaks made to order
Best Hoop Skirts.
COOPER & CONARD
mll3 S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets
WIDE'SHEETINGS.
Good Shirting fifuelins by the pleie.
Fine and low-priced Flannels. ,%-`,
Table Damasks and Napkins. ,17 ,
Spring Prints and Detainee. - "
COOPER CONARD,
mh3 S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET. Streets.
VDWIN HALL & CO.,
'A- 4 216 South SECOND Street, will open tliiaday„ome
otthe ost beautiful
• PRINTED CABIBRICS.
FRENCH CHINTZES.
.' • PRINTED PERCA_LLES, and
Ever offered in this city.
Also, new style Printed Penaße Robes.
Buff and Pink Perealles.
Buff and White Pique or Marseilles.
EDWIN HALL & CO.,
26 South SECOND Street, will open, this day
New styles of Fancy. Silks.
Cuir or Leather-colored Silks, dg'd and plain. ;
Neat styles of Check Silks.
Shepherd's Plaid. Silks.
Leather colors, Modes, Greens, Brown, and Blue Silks
Black and colored Cord eciSilks. mlflo
WRE .. &.VAND:"ELL TOIST' RTH. AND
ARCIL, have a fine trassortment,.of Spring Silks,
,foire Antiques, Cheek Silks Plain Penn-de-Sexes, ,
RE , & LANDELL H. FOURT AND
FY
a -A ARCH, are now offering New Spring Dram. Gooil,B,
comprising all the novelties of ;=the season,. also the
Rock Span Silk Shawls; also the 'Lama Shawls ti , ; h 7
VYRE & LANDELL FOURTH VTI)
ARCH, hays their -lutual assortment of Fine'Black
Cloths for Genta' -Dress Coats, Fine Brown Cloths for
Friends' Coats,- Spring Cassimeres for Snits, Tweeds and
Melton for Boys' Clothes. , mh7
MARSEILLES MARSEILLES I-A
good assortment of Corded. Printed, and Figured
MARSEILLES, for Basques, Children's Wear. &c.
SHEPPARD; VAN HARLINGEN & ARRISON,
1008 CHESTNUT Street.
WHITRVOODS'; EMBROIDERED
-V 1, TRIMMINGS, '&e.=The subscribers lave a large
assortment °fall discriptions of White Goods for Ladies'
Wear ; also of Embroidered Jaconet, Cambric, and Swill'
Trim inks—the choicest
_goods in the market.
SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON;
mh4 ..• ' 1008 t
CHESTNUT Stree,
BLACK SILKS.,
Gros dn-Rhines:'.
Lnstrings..Marcelines;
Mourning Po de Soles.
Gros Grains. ti •
Bonnet Taffetas..
Moire Antiques.
Double-frtced Brocades ' , •
-Rich nea Figures
SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
-SPRING DRESS GOODS.
Poll de Chavies, - Ristoris. ,
Adriennes, Worsted Crepes.
Fil de Chevres; Mohairs.
Chintzes, Lawns, Organdies.
, . Plain Silks, New Foulards.
I Plaid All-wool Cashmeres
SHARPLESS BROTHERS:
-CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
FURNITURE, &c.
F URN I T U R
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
4
W. 8c J. : ALLEN & BROTHER,
CABINET -FtTRNITURE AND
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE do CAMPION,
No. 261 Sonth SECOND Street:
In connection 'with their extensive Cabinet business, are
now manufacturing a superior article of
' BILLIARD' TABLES,
.
and have now otphand a full supply; finished With the
11100.13:g f kOAMPION'S IMPROVED' CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced by all who have used them to be
superior to all others.' ' _
For the quality. and BMA of these.Tables,.the mann . -
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
tintotit, who are familiar with the character of their
work.
GAS MIXTURES, .Sc.
617 'ARCH STREET
C. A.. VANKIRK & C)0.„
CHANDELIERS
Also,Frenoh Bronze Filming and Ornaments,Porcelain
and Mica Shades, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS,
WEI OL ES ALB , ',ANDratE T AI L.
Please call and examine goods. ~
IT. INTERNAL
AGENCY - FOB THE 'SALE OF
•,•
UNITED . STATES'. TAX'
ST-A - MPS,
No. 57 South THIRD Stnnit, first door above Chestnut.
• fall supply of all kindi 'OrTAX.; STAMPS constantly
on hand, and for sale in quantities Wain: -
• liberal discount allowed oft=sOnolifda of $69 and
wards: ; • ; •
Orders by Nail promptly;attended to. -
MO ce H 00143 from 9A.M. to 6 P.N. - : .
JACOB E. RIDGWAY'
.:irdeff-tie9 , No. NWliOnth THIRD .Street.
OLIVE -.;OIL:-AN INVOICE JUST
received and for sale by CHAS. S. & JAS. CAR=
STAIRS, Na 146 WALNUT, and WI GRANITE
IStreele. 'l4b9"lt
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E PRICES IN THEIR
'ARTRIENT,
Sheetings and Shirt-
Digs,
Damasks, Napkins, and
Doylies.
Table Clothe and Towel
ings,.. Counterpanes and
Furniture Dimities. - -
WHITE GOODS.
Jaconets, and Cambries,
Soft Cambrics and Hain.-
cooks,
Tarletons and Swiss Hulls,
Fancy IVlnslins and Dimities,
L. C. Handkerchiefs.
I Gloves. Hosiery,
of DRY GOODS in desirable
mhs-2m
OFFERS FOR SALE
E. M. .NEEDLES, ;
MI CHESTNUT STREET.
MPli:l4:iia 04
-- ",egt . '1209 CHESTNUT STREET.
MANUFACTURERS OF
AND OTHER,
GAS FIXTURES
COMMISSION HOUSES.
FANCY CASSIMERES,
BILIC-MIXED, ALL WOOL, :AND COTTON WARP,
BATES' COTTONADES.
TWEEDS AND-FLANNELS.
CAMBRICS AND SILESIA%
DOESKINS AND•COATINGS
VESTINGS. STUFF GOODS, "&c..
For sale by the package, by
ALFRED H. LOVE.
COMMISSION mnar(lw,r.
312 CHESTNUT STREET;
fe2B-smwlOt
SIIUF-F & WERNWAG,
IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION. MERCHANTS:
242 AND 211 CHESTNUT STREET,
SILKS AND CLOTHS;
CASSIMERES,
MANTILLA GOODS,
GROS DE RELINES,
VELVET RIBBONS,
FRENCH CORSETS, SCO.
mh3-1m
OUR SPRING STOCK IS NOW AR-
p:4.1,(0,4.1
80,000 DOZEN
EE 0- SIER.,Y,
AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OF.IIS
r POETATION.
THOS MELLOR &
40 AND 40 NORTH THIRD STRUT.
JOHN T. BAILEY db CO.
BAGS AND BAGGING
07 EVERY DESCRIPTION.
NO. 113 NORTH. FRONT STREET,
janam WOOL BAGS FOR SALE.
P lIIL ADELPIIIA
" BAG"
MANTTFACTORY.
BURLAP BAGS, . : OF ALL SIZES,
CtORN, OATS, COFFEE, BON&DOST, do
, .
SEAMLESS' BAGS'
Of standard makes. ALL . SOUS, for Bale cheap for net
soak on deliverY
GEO. GRIGG.
No. 219 and 221 CHURCH ALLEM
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, do
HuTdEciNsp,
No. 112, CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION 3YEEROHADTTS i
FOR THE SALE. OF
P,HILADELPHIArMADE. GOODS.
se26-6m .
FINANCIAL.
JOHN C. CAPE; & SON,
STOOK AND NOTE R,ROKERS,
No: . 23 Sonth,THIRD Street,
Directly opposite the Mechanics' Bank.
STOCKS AND .BONDS 'BOUGHT AND SOLD ow
COMMISSION.
TAT TRE,BoARD OF BROKERS
MONEY INVESTED
NOTES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED
mhl2-3m • ON THE BEST TERMS.
THE HIGHEST • MARKET VAIi OE,
PAID FOR
GOLD AND SILVER,
DIAMONDS, PEARLS,
AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES,
G. W. SIMONS & BROTHER,
Manufacturing Jewellers,
SANSOM-STREET HALL, PHILADELPHIA.
. _ •
tr S
. • •
FIVE-TWENTIES,
OR,
TWENTY-YEAR SIX PER CENT. BONDS. '
PAYABLE AT THE OPTION OFTEN GOVERNMENT
AFTER FIVE YEARS.
•
I am instructed by theSECRETARY OF THS TREA
SURY to receive enburiptions for the above
-•••
- LOAN AT PAR.
interest will commence from the DATE OF SUBSCRIP
TION, and is PAYABLE IN GOLD the Mint, or any
Sub-Treasury or Depository of the United States, on the
fret days of May and November of each year: At the .
Present .PRBWIMI OR OOLD., these Bonds yield about
e HT per tent. per annum.
A full supply away' on hand,'
is
. . .
• JAY COOKE, '
. -
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT,
114 SOUTH THIRD STREET
" SPE OIAIA NOTICE_
On and after JULY Ist,' UM, the privilege of convert
.lug.
the .present issue of LEGAL-TENDER NOTES
INTO THE NATIONAL SIX PER CENT. LOAN (com
monly called " Five-Twenties ") will cease..
All who wish to invest in the-Five-Twenty - Loan.
,must,` - therefore; "apply before thelst.of JULY nest.
JAY,' COOKE,
Subscription Agent,
mhi-tiyl Yt, 114 South THIRD Street. Philada.
MONEY TO INVEST.-PERSONS
wishingto make safe investments of money on the
security 'of Real Estate in the State of Delaware, can ob
tain allthe necessary information in relation thereto by
addressing B. B. COBWEB.
ia24 7 wAzs3m . At the Philadelphia Bank.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
ARCH -ST: CARPET WAREHOUSE
, . JOS_ BLACKWOOD.
A R T B EI BT (ionth Side],
TWO 'D001: 3 8 3 :ELOW 11
IS /POW RECEIVING ,:•1;
FOR, SPRING TRADE,
A rich . and extensive assortment of '
ENGLISH AN O D f
tAbr
best
GARPETINGS;
Embracing all the new styles, makes;
offered
AT LQW •• PRICES JOB CASH
mhll-2m. — . 1 .
JUST ~$E-CE:IVED,
3,IOO_ROLLS
CANTON MATTINGS,
To which we invite the attention of the trade
M'CALLUM & CO.,
NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET,
R EMO V A L .
J. T. DELACIROIX'
has removed his
.. STOCK.OF CARPEPING S,
From 17 South FOURTH Street, tohis •
. -
•rc w s—r ,
Np". 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, ...
Where he offers .to his old Customers,. and parchasers
generally, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK OF
A RRE TINGS,
.
, .
of all grades, and bestknown makes.
011, cLovis,.MATT.INGS, AND WINDOW SHADES.
H
• WOLESALE , AND RETAIL.- •
• • 'AT THE LOWEST PRICES. - •
. .• •
-35ELAbACAX, •
ni..37'soirra sicorfn STREET, L EtflopiChetitant.
•rah7-Sra • • • - .
1863. SPRING 1863.
HOOD, BONBRIG-HT - 00.,
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1863
PENNSYLYANIANS,IN TENNESSEE
The Seventy-ninth P. V., Col. Hantbright.
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Muirlie.,Esneno, March 13,1863.
The 79th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col.
Henry A. Plambright, was organized at Pittsburg,
Pa., Detober. 18,1261, being . pomposed of nine compa
nies from lincaster, and one from Washington
county..:
The regiment arrived at Louisville October 21st,
and on, the 24th reached Oamp Hevin, Ky. The
strength of the
,regiment organization was 36
commissioned officers and 956 enlisted men. On
the 17th of December, 1861, it reached Camp. Wood,
and was immediately ordered out to reinforce the
32d Indiana, who were engaged across Green river.
On the 7th of March, 1862, it reached Nashville, and
encamped at Camp Andy Johnson, and 'on the 3d of
April reached Columbia, and 'encamped at Camp
Morehead, from which point . several extensive ex
peditions were made—to Chattanooga, Florence, etc..
On May 10th the regiment left Columbia, and
marched to Florence, driving off the enemy at
Lamb's Ferry, and returned on the 21st, making 186
miles. On the 29th of May it left. Columbia, and
marched to Chattanooga and back to Shelbyville,
forty miles from Columbia, a distance of over three
hundred miles, reaching Shelbyville June 12, having
but one day's rest out of fifteen. On the 4thof June
Col. Hambright routed Seven hundred rebel cavalry
at Sweeden's Cove, under General Adams, and on
the 7th engaged the enemy before Chattanooga.
After making several other expeditions, the regi
ment started from-Tullahoma for Nashville, and on
the 3d of September started for Kentucky in advance
of the main army. In August the regiment was, as
signed to the 28th brigade, having been relieved from
the 7th brigade (GeneralNegley) early in July. On
the 16th September left Bowling Green with the
main army, to follow Bragg's forces. On the Bth of
'October the 79th participated largely in the battle of
Chaplin Hills, withstanding three different assaults .
from six times their own number. For six hours the
regiment stood a terrific fire, and at the close of the
engagemhnt the line had not deviated'one foot from
the place of its original formation for battle.' It en
" ered the fight with .510 men rank and - tile, and lost
two commissioned officers killed and three wounded;
'35 men killed, 146 wounded, two captured, and one
missing, making a total_of 189. On the 10th of : De
, cember the regiment again arrived at Nashville with
the main army, and on the 26th took up • the line of
'march - towards - Murfreesboro. On the 30th had a
skirnaish with Wheeler's rebel cavalry on thelef-
Jerson pike, and on the night of December 31st reach
red the scene of action befoie Murfreesboro.
In May last, at the invitation of several citizens
- of Columbia, Col. Hambright, raised the "stars and
stripes" over the court house in that town: On the
4th,i3f July the regiment participated in-the celebra
tion of the day by the loyal.citizeiiii of, Shelbyville,
and in raising a flag over the,:einirt house. On the
`departure of our troops from that section, and the
approach of the rebels, the flag was taken down by
the loyal people, who determined that it should not
fall into rebel hands, and is now in possession of a
refugee in this place, awaiting its time to be hoisted
once more over the only truly loyal town lit Middle
Tennessee. The regiment has been on picket and
fatigue duty, or on the - march, nearly all the time
since its musterinto the service. In 86 days' march
ing the repiment niade some 1,800 miles, averaging
over 21 miles per day.
The following is a list of the casualties of the 79th,
at the battle of Chaplin Hills, Ky., October Bth,
Captain Samuel J Boone, C. Henry Itteminger, F.
2d Lieut Henry J Test, C. Louis Reichart.F.
Augustine J Tuck er, A George Ruhland,F.
Corp Eli Cramer, B. Killian MArquard, F.
Wm Eckert,B. . - Michael Snyder,F.
Abraham Bear, B: John K Batslev,H.
Albert Meythaler, B. Samuel Bear, H.
Ernest Theis,B. James Field, H.
Hugh M Kidd,C. " • Amos Hartrenuft, H. -
James Kidd, C. - Lewis H Jones, H.
Wm A B allbach, C. Corp. Abraham Dilm er, I.
Sylvester Collins,D. Corp Wm Echternocht, I
John Warren;D.
IBentamin H Hillman,l.
Corporal FerrilrA Jones, B. Samuel J Heintzelman,
Michael Stauffer, E. Benjamin F Wiggins,L
Emanuel Sultzenberger,E. James=A:Wilhelm,K:
Sergeant Ad am Haul F. Valentine Kircher, K.
John Gable,F. •. , William Douglass,K.
Anton Hoffman, F. I
let Limit Robt Di D.Asart, I i Sergt Ch DI Graeff, A.
Ist Lieut J'Dir HazSard, D, Corp Joseph Gotshall, A.
arm amputated. .; Corp J D iffullholland, A.
2d Lieut - Edw .DfcCaffrey, A. .Corp Henry Patton, A. -
SergeantrJohnDean, A. IJohn Pyle, A.
Jacob Rutter, A. , - William Lint, B.
Jacobt.HiPPAn Daniel P Landis, B.
Andrew J.Yackley. A James Mcßee, B.
John Cross,A.> John Reimick, B.
Samuel Duirlap;A. Harrison Ross, B. -
Christopher Dean. A. ' Jacob W Stark, B.
Charles Du Bois,A. Philip ',dyers, B.
Albert C Cast, A. John W Keller. B.
Samuel Leisey, A. Sergi CSTUS L Eckert, C.
JohnliloGuire, A James B Lytle, C.
Daniel•Mylin, A..-#. Richard. Blickensderfer. C
Abraham Patton, A. Edward Beck, C.
Henry C Rote, A. - • Rhn W Ross, C
Edward Rudy, A, since Peter Trego, C.
died. . John H. Stroh, C.
.
Drummer Thomas Bow, Daniel Schnader„ C.
._ .manf A. since died. ,-- George DI Laughlin, C.
Sergt William Blickenat C G Irwin, C, since died.
-derfer, B. . , . Sera t Henry B Hart, D
COrp,Frederick - H Lener;B: Corp Wm Woodward, D.
. since died.' ' Corp'John NI Gibbs, D.
Corp John ,A„ Keller, B, Corp John Rinard, D.
since died. " ' - ' William B Butler, D.
Corp William T Clark, B. ffezekiah D Cooper, D.
Peter Boas, B. William Caldwell, D.
John G Diffenderfer, B. James' D atton; D.
George
'Adam S Johnsto n,D.
Martin Smith, F.
Mathias" Haggley, F. .
Daniel. Lafferty, F.
Mukel, F. -
John Hahn, F.
Jamel, Balley,• F.
'Paul Myer, F.
George Berman, F.
Frederick Moeller, F.
Mathias Gunther, F.
Fretl'k Stein. F, since died.
Corp Lewis Nauman, G.
Corp John' Gallagher, G.
Corp Amos M Kapp, G - ,4nce
died.
Eml Stump, G.
Adam Dennis, G.
James Rh , man, G.
David K Habaker, G.
Hiram Snyder, G.
Benjamin Myers; G.
Aaron Young,, G.
Henry .1 Young; G.
Jonathan Holt, G.
Levi Hoover, G.
Charles G Shreiner, G.
I Joe MStaessel, G, since died,
Henry. Stuart, H, since died.
Jacob Gongway, H.
George Myers, H.
Sergt Wm D Stiegerrialt,
Corp Robt D Wiggins, I.
I David Bair, I.
Joint J Frick, I. .
Stephen Gross, I.
George W Horn, I.
Benj F Hulshouse, I.
Elias Lechey. L
Samuel .P Morton, I -
Jacob ar Shissler, I.
Sol Schupp, I. '
Daniel Ulmer, I.
Sergi Win H Pool, K.
Corp George Bowman, R.
William Hegens, K.
Martin Horst, K.
Peter Gelber, K..
Jacob Davison, K.
!Kersey Bradley, A.
James B Gallagher, B.
John C Lutz, B.
Henry Kelly; D.
Hugh McGreevy, D.
Patrick McGreevy, D.
McCain D.
:Henr y 'Thos Pritchard,' D.
S Smith, D. •
'Joseph W Wolfe, D.
John H Watson. ga:
John A Wat.son,H.
De Witt C since
Malc'elniFerg,uson, D; since
died.
Corp Gabriel G Erb, E.
Corp Isaac Kreider, E.
Jacob L Reitzel, E.
Elvin Glouner, E.
Samuel Shirk; Er
Isaac Moore, - B.
Isaac N Marks, E.
Healy Witmer, E.
Philip Domes, E. -
Cyrus Palmer, E.
Isaac Leibley, E.
Jacob Sultzenberger, B.
Corp Lawrence &limey, F.
Coln William Owl; F.
Corp Michael Kilburn, H.
-Corp David Wynhold, H.-.
Corp Calvin Smith.
Martin Bleeclier, H.
John W Brown, H, since
died. David Barr, H-
Brice Clark; H.' -
John Campbell,
John Dugan. H.
George Elliot, H. -.4
James A Nimlow, H. 424
Benjamin Phillips, H.
Henry Rice, H.
James G Root, H.
Thomas Westley, H, since
died. -
Daniel Witmer, H, since
died.
George Stiegemalt;H, since
died. .
-
John Beck, A.
MISSING.
Frederick Miller, F.
TOTAL. —2 offleers killed and 3 wounded; 33 enlisted
men killed and 113 wounded; 2 enlisted men captured; 1
enlisted man missing. Grand total, ISO.
The following are the `names of those who were
killed and wounded at tone river. The 79th
were in the reserve, and suffered but little in
the fight. But the amount- of duty performed
during the catest was second to no other regi
ment. When the battle was raging on the 31st of
December, a large force of rebel cavalry, which at
tacked our baggage and ammunition train, was re
pulsed by the Pennsylvanians:
PrivAle John Shroy, A. KILLED.
Biark Erb, G.
Serval:A.7os H Friday, E. [Private Henry Koch," F.
Corporal Elias Hollinger,E. iPrivate Wm K Patten H,
Private Michael Brant,' E. Private SamuelPiekef, G.
Private Chas E Wise, E. Private Isaac Quigley, G.
Private Beni F Bonen, E. I
In the fight near Chattanooka, last summer, Pri
vate Joshua Geiter (Co. A.) was severely. wounded.
.alie following-embraces;a list of names of those
who have been discharged from the service for physi
cal disability
Daniel 1.1 Helm, R
Bernard Short, K.
Silas Barnett, E.
George Lawrence, H.
William White, G.
Frederick Mules, y.
Anthony McGlinn,
Jesse Behm, I. . "
Jacob R Witmer, Corp., E.
lEdward Rhodes, H.
James W Downer,Corp. , D.
Gouge Luringer,
William Young, 0.
John 11. Miller, D.
Icalah McCarty, K.
•
Emanuel W Finefrock, G
George S Reef, F.
John H Forrest,
. .
Ephraim G re anawalt,. E.
Johal`nompson, G.
Jacob Peeler, A.
Jacob F. Marr, E.
Amos'Albr.ght, I.
Daniel L Erb, E.
William H Mortimer, D.
iianielD Clark, C.
John Kautz, drummer, H
James B Quinn, K.
William H Thackera., .1.
Daniel B Nunisua, G.
John Hoffman. F.
J . CBEas, F.
Jacob Giant, K.
' Isaac McCheesey,L
George HttlfiPor,
William Shindel, I.
Casper.Weitzel, H.
Dantel.Brown, B.
W C Pinkerton, B.
John H Lockwood, E.
John:Hoffman, I.
Valentine Byer, I.
Jacob Palm, B.
C Berkehyser, teamster.C.
M Musser, teamster, K.
John Barnharts, sergt, H.
G M Zell, C.
S McLaughlin, E.
Lawrence Ratter. F..
list of names of those
i • ets of disease : .
Thomas Fry,..1)..
Soltu Brozrard, F.
Wilcsook, G.
Benjamin K Sloan, H.
Lewis Rise's. C.
Peter Kohl, I.
James Campbell, corpl, G.
Henry'Keller, H.
M Bleacher, E.
Francis Bergen, 1).
H Bomberger, corpl, B.
Hambright, corpl,l.
Theodore Ulmore, C.
David Miller, B.
Wm Mongomery, G.
James Bahamas, D.
IT Rutter, P.
-111' Darwnrt, K., . , •
AdaniKick, H.
William Dean, A. •
Albert H Troast, Sere:. A.
David DI Adams, H. .
William Suydam, F.
William II
Henry Fisher, A. .•
Edward Kuhns, Corp.; 0; .
Lewis Detterline, C.
Charles W Rhinehart,
Mortimer O'Donnell,. A.
John hi Dirritt; H. •
Francis DI Clay. H. "
George Fraily, - G.
Michael Doebler, G.
T S Goodman, K.
The following embrae
who have died frvm the e
Samuel H Clair, E.
John H GUndy, -D.
W H Hartman, corpl, B.
Lewis Bradley. .
Joseph- Maxwell, C.
E Snood, E. "
John Rinier. G.
A AI Kapp, E..
John Egle, F. • •
Frederick Vernon, K. .
Frederick W Weller, E.
Benjamin Markel, F.
Frank Sharp, K. •
T S Herr, E.'
Knight, G.
.Tnh 11 Somers, C. •
W D Baughman, E.
' The following is a, total list of casualties, eto., sus.
.
,tained by the regiment slime its muster into the ser
vice.:
Killed in action, commissioned officers 2
Killed in action, enlisted men 37
•Wounded in•action, commissioned officers 3
Wounded in action, enlisted men 156
Captured and paroled, commissioned officer 1
Captured and paroled, enlisted men 20
Missing in action 1
Died of disease, commissioned officer 1
'
Died of disease, enlisted men 40
Died of wounds received in action 17
Resigued, , commissioned officers •
Dismissed, commissioned 'officer,
Discharged, for disability, Sc 113
Deserted ' 111
Discharg d, regimental band Di
Transferred • g
The gallant colonel of the 'l9th is onnof the moat
reserved and aocomidished gentlemen in the Army of,
the Climberland. He is a strict disciplinarian; but
kind and forbearing. This regiment enjoys the ha,
nor of being the best drilled corps in the West. This'
is alike due to,the militaryknowledge and uritfilink
energy of (kid. Himbright, andthe intelligence and
perseverance of his men. The good people of Penn.;
. aslvanla may well feel proud of the '79th, B. 0, T.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
Preparations to Attack Port Hudson—
Movement of Troops and Munitions in
that Direction—Departure of Generals
Banks and Grover for Baton Rouge—
The Attack on Port Hudson to ' •bc'- by
Land and Water—the Contraband Trade
with Rebels Still in Progress—Captures
of- SeCreted Gunpowder and of $4,000
',Worth of Various Articles of Value to Re-
ABOUT TO MOVE.
ST. OHARLES 110 TEL, NEW. ORLEANS, LA.,
March 7-10 P. .111., 1863
If I were not convinced that the incredulous apos
tle, whose name I bear, is the rightful patron saint
of al lnewspaper correspondents, I should be tempted
into the expression of some opinion as to the possi
bilities of the forthcoming . week. But only four of
those artificial divisions of time , have elapsed since
I indulged myself in a small way in setting forth the
programme of what was' then believed to be immi
nent—namely, an expedition under Gen. Weitzel
for the purpose of "cleaning out" .the rebels in the
Teche country. As you know, that has not come,
off—it is now said in consequence of the obstacles
exceeding the desirability of the end s and the result,
if successful, involving the occupying of territory
by Union soldiers who might be put to better use.
" We can. have the Teche any time," said our offi
cers, ignoring the inevitable .., , Esopian parallel of the
fox and grapes. Now, however, we have a bigger
job on hand. We are going,to try Port . Hudson.
•MATTERS AT BATON ROUGE
For the past week it has been understood in this
city that some movement of importance was medi
tated up the river. We heard of the despatch of the
majority, of troops hitherto encamped at Carrollton
and Donaldsonville to Baton 'Rouge, of the trans
portation of batteries, large and small, to the same
destination, of all the multifarious labor incidental
to such an enterprise. We saw some
of it, too, for
our streets were unwontedly alive with artillery,
caissons, and marching soldiers, on their way to
the levee, the bayonets of the latter gleaming bright
ly in the sunshine, or contracting premature rust
in their sheaths, during the drenching , rain, for a
New Orleans March verifies the proverbial fickle
ness of the froward month with truly tropical
hemence.. Three days ago General Augur started
for Baton Rouge. Yesterday General Grover ar
rived here, it is inferred, to consult with General
Banks, and this evening both generals, with their
respective staffs, have departed on board the Empire
Parish for Louisiana's capital, and what lies be
yond. General Banks takes the field in person, with
the avowed object of assuming the offensive toward
Port Hudson.
HOW THE ATTACK WILL BE MADE.
It is to be attacked simultaneonslyit is said im
mediately—by land and water. While Gen. Banks
approaches from Baton Rouge; Commodore Parra
gut,.with his flagship Hartford, the Richmond, Mis
sissippi, Genesee, Sportsman,ltasca—in short, all
of our armed vessels and mortar fleet, with the soli
tary exception of• the Pensacola—will either en
deavor to run the gauntlet of the rebel batteries and
engage their gunboats from above, subsequently as
sisting in the reduction of. the place, or attack from
both above and below. All of our gunboats not
already up the river have. started within the last
twenty-four hours, heavily freighted with ammuni
tion..-
So much has been written about Port Hudson of
late that any additional information may seem su
perfluous.
The approach by land presents considerable difft
culties. It must be made by means of the roads, for
the naturally swampy country has been almost
overflowed by the rising of the river,' and the rebels
have, in all probability, destroyed the bridges. With
fifteen miles of devious -locomotion between Baton
Rouge and the point of attack, with all the obstacles
attending the transportation of heavy artillery, our
soldiers have no easy task before them. They are
said to be hopeful, eager, and confident.
As the telegraph between Baton Rouge and this
city is in working order we shall have hourly ad
'Vices of what transpires. God send it bring us good
THE CONTRABANDISTS
The contraband trade between the rebels and their
sympathizers in this city still: continues. Very re
cently, Lieut. Col. Fisk, provost marshal of Donald
sonville, detaining a schooner bound for Bayou La
fourche, discovered on board, concealed in a couple
of nail-kegs, certain canvas bags, full of gunpowder.
They belonged to one Alexander Guillot, and were
about to be - conveyed to a destination some 13 miles
back of Donaldsonville. From three other kegs,
owned by Thomas Hill, were also taken eight pounds
of powder and fifty pounds of shot. Of course the
property was seized-and confiscated. Its presence
admits of another interpretation to that already as
signed to it; it may have bees intended for planters
apprehensive of revolt on the part of their negroes.
'ANOTHER .CAPTURE
On the 3d of this month occurred a far more valua
ble capture froni blockade runners, on the shores of
Lake Ponchartrain. Starting from English Turn to
a certain . point down the coast, officers Richardson,
Fremont, and O'Connor, crossed the swamps and
plantations to a place where a schooner was sus.
pected to be lying in a lonely,bayou, awaiting her
cargo of contraband goods for Dixie. Here the party
surprised the captain of the vessel and three men,
and, compelling the' former to act as guide, were
piloted into the woods, where, after a brief. skir
mish, they secured the rebels and $4,000 worth of
property, the latter_ comprising clothing, boots, shoes,
calico, hoop•skirts, coffee, whisky, lead, powder,
combs, &c., and one thousand needles for sewing
machines, all of which the officers brought, with
their prisoners, to New Orleans.—N. Y. Tribune.
A LOYAL TEXAN TAKEN PRISONER-HE IS
TURNED OVER TO THE MOB AND MINS.
[Prom the . New Orleans Era, MarCh 7.3
Private advicea from Texas inform us of. a moat
infamous and inhuman crime, committed by the re
bel officers of Texas and by a mob of citizens.
It will be remembered that the United States
transport Cumbria left this city for G-alveston just
previous to the capture of the Harriet Lane, and the
disaster which drove our gunboats from the harbor.;
and that when the Cumbria approached Galveston
all on board supposed the place to be in possession
of our troops; whereas, in fact, it was in possession
of the rebels. No pilot came out to pilot in the
vessel, and finally a boat containing five men was
sent ashore. These five'men were immediately
seized and imprisoned by the rebels.
One of them was " Nicaragua" Smith, who was
tried for desertion from a rebel regiment and shot,
as we have already announced in this paner.
Another of the five was a man, named Cronain, ..a
loyal Texan, who had fled from the State, and en
listed in the Ist Texan Cavalry, under Colonel Davis,
a regiment of loyal Texans organizing in this citY.
Cronain had never been in the rebel service, and
could not, therefore, be tried for - desertion; and so
the military authorities turned him over to the mob,
and he was hung.
The only reason that could be alleged for this bar
barous act, was the simple fact that Cronain was a
Texan, and had enlisted in the United States ser-
There is a large number of loyal Texans now in
this city who have enlisted in the cause of the.
Union, and they look to the Government to give
them the same protection it extends to the rest of its
soldiers. If we are, not mistaken, there is now at
least one rebellious citizen of Texas in prison in this
city. We refer to the individual who came - out in a
heat and attempted to induce the Cumbria to. follow
him as a pilot, with a view of getting her into the'
hands of the rebels.
DEATH OF RIR DIAGINNIS, EDITOR• OF
NEW ORLEANS TRUE DELTA.
.
[From tbe N9w Orleans Picayunc, March 4.3
John Maginnis is no .more. After a lingering ill..
ness, he died at four o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Sohn Maginnis was born in Dromore, county of
Londonderry, Ireland, and was forty-nine-years.of
age. He was for Many years a - resident of New Or
leans, and long connected with the press. For about
two years, from 1843 to 1845, he was attached to thia
establishment. He then accepted a situation in the
office of the Delta., and'held it until the summer of
1849. During the Mexican war, being then the busi
ness manager of the Delta, he contributed greatly to
the success of that journal by the enterprise he dis
played in procuring news of the progress of the war.
On the 18th of November, 1849; almost unassisted,
he commenced the publication of the True Delta, and,"
after years of hard struggle, succeeded in making it
one of the most popular, profitable, and influential
journals in the city.
AFFAIRS NEAR BATON ROITGE:
REPORTED CAPTURE OF RED BILL NO. 2 CONFIRMED
-THE REBEL CAVALRY ON AMITE. RIVER-]EF
FECTS OF. THE HEAVY RAINS.
BONNE CAERE, Feb. 28 1863
•
From our picket station, at Frenier, we learn of
the capture of the notorious,Red Bill No. 2.
From the Amite there is little of interest. The
Confederate cavalry scour the country between
Port Vineent and Pontchatoula. They never ven
ture this side of the Amite river.
The rain of the past few days has made the roads
almost impassable.—New Orleans Era, Nara 3.
OWNERS OF PROPERTY' ANSWERABLE
• FOR GITERILLA'PRAOTIOES.
. , .
HEAJNHARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULP,
NEW ORLEANS March I,lBm.
,
SPEO.T.A. L ORDERS, No. 60. -
3.. Owners or agents occupying plantations, or
other landed - property, through which the military
railroads. and telegraph lines of the United States
Government in -this department are locatedOor bor
dering upon such lines, will be held rigidly accounta
ble for, all malicious interference with, or injury to
the same, - within the limits of their possession.
By command of Major General Banks.
• RICHARD R
Lieut. Col., Assis't Adjutant General.
STATES IN REBELLION.
Rebel Account oetbo.Dapture of General
Stoughton--Scarcity of Laborers in the
South—Burnside to Supersede Hunte—
r Economy of .
the C. S. A.—Matters
Abont Fredericksburg—More Details of
the Capture - of the Indianola, dr.e.
GEN. STOUGHTON AND HIS MEN.
CFrom the Richmond Dlipatch, March 112
. .
The prisoners captured by Captain. Mosby, of
Fitzhugh Lee's command, arrived by the Central
cars 'on Wednesday night, in charge of Lieutenant
McClellan. Included in the number (the whole
amounting to 29) were. E. H. Stoughton, brigadier
general of the 2d 'Brigade, Casey's Division • A. Bar
ker, captain of Company , L, 6th New York 'Cavalry;
Robert - Wellbrient, a telegraph operator; R. War
dener, an Austrian' baron • P. Pratt, a private in.
Company F,'l6th 'Vermont; and orderly for General
Stoughton.
The prisoners were .taken in custody on the night
of March 9, near . Fairfax Court House, by Captain
Mosby and hie command ,- whose
whose daring and intre
pidity in making a successful raid within a few hun
dred yards of the camp grounds of two Abolition
brigades, and carrying off, without damage to them
selves, he general commanding one of them, de
serves the highestpraise. Most of the 29 men cap
tured, including Gen. Stoughton an aristocratic
specimens of Yankee manhood, with a profusion of
gold 'lace on his coat, were aurprised in bed, and
were, therefore, incapable of 'offering any resist
ance, had they been so inclined.
Stoughton occupied for his headquarters a spa
cious dwelling, a few hundred yards from Fairfax
Court House, and deemed himself perfectly secure...
When his midnight slumbers were interrupted by
Captain Mosby, who entered his room and desired;
him to get Up, he deemed Lim one of his own men on
a frolic, and angrily replied that if he did not olear.
out he would order him under arrest for an Insult
to his commanding general. Mosby asked Stough
ton if he knew "Mosby, of Lee's Cavalry'?" "Yes."
replied the irate' Yankee ; have you caught the
of a b-1" "No,". replied, Mosby, " we..haven't,'
'but be has caught you,, so get up and prepare for
a ride." The Yankee general soon had' a realizing
sense of the surroundings, and prepared to. do as
Mosby commanded. He was careful to: dress him
self for the journey, but he and all of the others
complain that time was not allowed them to saddle
the horses, and they :were compelled to ride
twentyllve miles onsthe bare backs of indifferent
steeds, surrounded by Confederate dragoons, overt
not the smoothest road known. Wardener, the oldi
Austrian, deolares that the. Yankee uniform, in
which be
,is encased *did .not belong to him oct the
9th of March at Fairfax COurt House. He says our
men were' in 'too mien of a burry to be particular
about clothes. ;When the party arrived to Rids
mond, on Wednesday, the twentplive privates. ware.
taken to, the. Libby Prison, but air the persons above
named' Were allowed to retire te the Itaibud House
for the, night. The fact 'of their being there being
made known tethe cominanderof the Litiby.Prison
at a leti hour in' the night, they were removed from
there, much ‘ egetnet their '
will,..and 'oliteed in the
:Lihby 'Prison With their,,coMrahes.. The contrast
•' bei weer` the' beds' of tlio Ilallard Rouse
ar,), the floor of the Libby Prison was maxiced.
THREE CENTS.
deed, and did not fail to excite !Hemel forebodings 'tn•
the minds of the imprisoned Yankees.
SOARCITY OFi LABORERS
The railroad superintendents have begun to com
plain of the want of hands on their respective lines,
and some have petitioned Congress to allow them a
detail of batting hands in order to do certain work
necessary to keep these important thoroughfares in
good running order. The question deserves the se
rious consideration of those to whom it is addressed.
The. success of the Confederate arms is in a great
measure dependent on the efficiency of the railroads.
There are able-bodied men held in various . civil and
military prisons for trivial offences, supported-in
idleness at great coat both to the States and Confe
deracy';-whose labor might be made available in the
present emergency.
NAPOLEON 0-UNS.
Specimens of these celebrated guns are now being
cast in this city.' They are fashioned of braes, have
a smaller bore, and are a third larger than the
ordinary six-pounder. They are said to be most
effective weapons. A number are now being made
oul of church bells and the old French cannon so long
deposited at the Virginia Armory. The Napoleons
are smooth-bore guns.
BURNSIDE AT PORT 'ROYAL.
A correspondent of the Savannah Republican,
dated'Oharleston, 11th instant, says intelligence has
been received in official circles that General Buin
side has been assigned to the Department of South
Carolina and Georgia. The attack will be made
within the next ten days, probably at spring tide, on
the 19th instant. Burnside has already arrived and
taken command.
IMPRESSMENT OP SUPPLIES
[From tie Eielimond Examiner of thenth inst.]
We Bee that the impressment of supplies in some
of the military departments of the .West is now
made on the same principle as provided for in the
bill before Congress. Gem Buckner has rescinded
the order of the chief commissary of subsistence
of his department, relative to the impressment of
stores, and fixing an arbitrary tatiirof prices. He
orders that hereafter all subsistence procured in any
way shall be paid for at a fair valuation, to be deter
mined, prif there cannot be an agreement in full, by
disinterested arbitration. This is right.
KILLED ON THE RAILROAD
Among those who were killed in the late terrible
railroad accident at Chunkey river, in Mississippi,
was W. P. Grayson, formerly cashier of theßank of
New Orleans. - He bad been for some time engaged
as agent of the Government buying cotton." - When
the accident occurred he had in his possession $40,-
000 in'currency, which has been recovered.
BLOCKADERS OFF CHARLESTON.
Charleston papers of the 4th inst say there were
seven blockaders off that port on the 3d.
THE - RSOAPE OF THE FLORIDA
The pirate Florida, the Mobile Tribune says, left
while nine blockaders were in front of Mobile. She
was elitteed nineteen hours, but finally ran out of
view, and on her way destroyed a new Yankee brig
ocher first yoyage.
ENROLLED CONSCRIPTS.
Southern papers contain many advertisements for
the enrollment of conicripts.
THE DUTY OE ECONOMY-.A HINT TO OUR
OFFICIALS.
[From the Richmond Examiner, March 12.
We reveal no secret of State or military impor
tance when we say that this is a great trial now of
our country, its legislators, its Government, the citi
zens, and its army individually. ,The fact of the ne
cessity of impressment from a loyal people of food
and forage is sufficient to show that this is so.
We will agree to put ourselves on half rations,
and let the plough horse be stopped, if necessary, and
even admit with the military Senator from Texas
that an emergency might arise in which the last
horse of the poor widow might be taken from the
plough for the use of the army. But if sacrifices are
made, let them not be for nothing, or worse, to pam
per indolence and pride, and official insolence.
When the great scarcity exists in the army, in
the field, and among the people at home, shall food ,
and forage be torn from them and disposed of num
cessarily and to the hurt of all, by feeding pleasure
horses in the cities? It has become-notorious, that
because the army regulations allow, in a peace es
tablishment of a regular army in the field, forage for
a certain number of horses in proportion to the rank
of the officer, a great many officers have drawn
forage for this number where these animals were
not required in the public service. A recent order
from the Secretary of War providing against this
evil, if strictly administered according to the, spirit
of the order, will go far to remedy it.
The Confederate States authorities should never
lose sight of the fad that this is a provisional army,
temporary, and'for the purpose of accomplishing the
object of this war. Economy in our finances, provi
sions, medical supplies, and forage, is absolutely ne
cessary, and nothing should be expended that is not
necessary to accomplish our object. This order of
the Department, and others of the same spirit, for
all supplied for man or beast, - sick or well, should
be framed and executed, not only in this city, but in
all the cities of the Confederacy, in which the same
abuses exist, and even in the army in the field, in
BUM cases.
We are prompted to these remarks and advert to
the justice of this order of the department because
we bear of an immense outside influence being ex
erted by the large number pecuniarily and otherwise
interested to have this order rescinded. So imposing
is this , influence that we have heard doubts ex
expressed whether the department would be able - to
withstand it. We will watch and see. At any rate,
surgeons who have their stations within a few blocks
of their residences will no longer be allowed to keep
or draw rations for two or three horses at Govern
ment expense, who do nothing but stand idle in the
stable, or perhaps dash their owners alongside the
evening promenade onee - "or.twice kweek.
It is rumored that: among 'thei many influences
brought to bear against this measure is that of the
fair ladies, who, having been accustomed to "eve
ning rides and drives" along side of the starred and
striped officers, have announced their determination
not to submit without a struggle. Fiat justifies mat
cerium. "Let stern, equal justice begone though all
the heavenly creatures be down on us." As to the
right of Govern ment to refuse to issue forage rations,
and to commute for it when not necessary, we will
state that it certainly has as much right to do this as
to issue in certain cases half rations of food to men
in the service, and frequently to omit the issue
entirely of a part of the rations, and never
afterward supply the omission or commute the
amount of it to they soldier. We hope the Govern
ment Will stand to this order. It is one of ths: best
things ever. done, and.we cannot believe that any in
fluence, however potent, can induce our authorities
to rescind an order so eminently wise, proper, and
necessary.
FROM FREDERICKSBURG.
[Correspondence of the Richmond Examiner.
FREDERICKSBURG, March 11, 1863.
Your correspondent has endeavored, in previous
communications, to present your readers with some
idea of the pecuniary losses and destruction of pro
perty to, which the people here have been subjected.
The personal suffering remains to be told. Much
Of it, perhaps the greater part, will never, be known
save to the - afflicted individuals themselves or their
families, for the parties are naturally slow to ac
knowledge their privations and necessities. Indeed,
your correspondent, although fully acquainted with
the population, was not aware of the facts of their
condition until had made investigation. The in
quiry was prompted by his observation of the return
of many of the fugitives to their ruined homes.
A ride through the region where they have sought
refuge revealed the reason. The day was raw, and
the roads one mass of mud of such consistency and
depth as rendered it perfectly impassable, even on
horseback. The hogpaths presented the only practi
cal passage. Yet, on such a day, and along such a
road, your correspondent met a lady of this place on
foot, who, before the bombardment - , had lived in
affluence, and whose home had been the very home
of hospitality. She was' nly attended by her child,
of eight or ten years, and the faithful house dog.
The group . was thus, wending its way.to Fredericka
burg, having already walked some five or six miles,
and was then about the same difitance from their
destination. The want of food had driven them to
undertake the journey.
There 'were citizens of Frederickiburg,. whose
homes had .heretofore been - cheered by comfortable
circumstances. They were now' huddled around a
few burning sticks which had been gathered by the
old man's trembling fingers, and the feeble flame
flickered, and they shivered with each blast of the
wintry wind that blew its chilling breath through
many a crevice of their humble abodes The interior
of the room showed the cleanliness of feinale care,
but the slender clothing of the inmates and their
supply of food were painfully apparent. Their whole
reliance was the provision made by public charity,
and the inclement weather and impassable roads had
precluded them from the procurement of their regu
lar aupPlies. The country around affords no subsis
tence. -
This is not a singular instance, for in the district
which bore the brunt of the enemy's late devastation,.
those who were possessed of a competence and en
joyed every comfort are, in many instances, reduced
to absolute indigence, while many who lived in opu--
lence suffer all the pangs of poverty. The late in
habitants, for - the most . part, are domiciled in the
houses, negro cabins, and shanties of the surround
ing country, within a radius .of twelve or. fifteen
miles. In some cases, as many as four or fiVe fami
lies have taken refuge under the same - roof. Your
correspondent, attracted by the curling smoke as
cending from one of the cnimneys, visited a hut, for
such it really was which was inhabited by some of
the inroluntary eidles: He found it consisting of a
single room, and occupied by five children, two fe
males, and an aged man. .-
..In a conference with the Mayor, your correspond
ent =was informed that the relief fund: is rapidly :
diminishing and, the number and necessities of the
applicants increasing. The despoilett:population,
numbers about six thousand. Of these, about one
fourth' are destitute. This proportion has been fed
for some twelve weeks. The contributions aggre
gate $200,000. You readers can readily estimate how
soon starvation will stare a multitude the face,.
unless this purse is replenished.
The generosity of the army, and of Virginia gene-.
rally, bas 'been Unexampled; nut the urgency and:
occasion of suffering here should commend itself to
.the charitable consideration of every Southern corn;
.
The military situation hereis unchanged. "Fight
ing Joe" would - not allow. the....offteer who attended;
the flag of truce to-day to . exchange newspapers.
But some eight or - ten females._ and children, who.
crossed the river during the cannonade of the • me
morable 14th of December, were permitted to return.
Your correspondent is confirmed in the. opinion.
has persistently expressed: through your columns,
that the army of the Potomac remains. where It
rested after the battle of-Fredericksburg, and.so-far
from removing, it has received reinforcements.
Your readers may rest assured that every move
ment of the enemy on this line will be promptly re
ported, and henceforth it would be wellto ignorethe •
" members of the signal corps," and "reliable gen
tlemen " generally. The fact is, that no.officet of
the army can be more accurately informed of the.
enemy's transactions than your correspondent,H he
discharges his duty. }l made a reconnoissance last
night, for the purpose of 'determining- the truth, of
the latest rumor, to.he effect.that the...Yankees:had.
moved in force down the river. Itiswithout the
least foundation. ' .•
MRS. GEN. BREOKINRIDGI-E.
[From the Jackson Mississippian.]
The Chattanooga-Rsbet mentions the fact that the
wife of Gen. John,,C. Breckinridgmhas.haMpreparedf
a inagnificent stand of _colors, constructed; fronm the
silk of the wedding dress worn by herself upon., the
day of her marriage, to be presented through her
husband, to the most gallant and; braveregiment of
hie division. The Rebel, understands that this appro
priate and Valued present has, been.bestoived upon
the 20th Tennessee Regiment, commanded. by Col.
Tom Smith, nod well known as the famous by
Regiment," that did such gallant servicein the
disatitroutabattle of Fishing Creek.
We clip the following from the Memphis-Jackson
4pAsal, of the 2lth.
CAPTURE OF THE INDTAiNCT4A.
,
We have the gratifying intelligence of the capture
Of the iron-clad Indianola, on the Mississippi river;
mbout -.thirty miles below Vicksburg,- which was
accomplished about, len. &clock 'TUJeeday , - evening,
after, a deeperate fight atm hour'aduration. On Mon
day morning the tam CLtiten of the West, gunboat
NV ebb, and steamers Dr. Batley and Grand Era, start
edfroni the mouth of Red riverin pursuit of the ene
my, the expedition havinFbeen fitted out on Red river
for the purpose of capturing the Indianola and being
under the command of Major Brent, of Preneral.ltay
lor's staff. • The ' fleet passed Natchez Monday, eve
ning at Uo'cleck; - andßodrieY on Tuesday. morning."
At this place they were delayed, waiting for the
steamers to come up. The same evening tb,ey, passed
Grand Gulf, wheri it was ascertained thAfplianola
was a short distance above, endeavorUtg - to escape,
with a full head of steam on. Abouknine , o , clock
Tuesday evening ahe. was overhauled and an attack
was made, . The firing of the Queen of the West and.
Webb - silenced- thatiof their formidable antagonist
in abbut twenty minutes,' when the Di. Rafey, with
hoarders, ran alongside, and the enemy kurrendeved.
She soon after Sunk in shoal water, 'Lieut. Brown,
iluited States Navy, the commander, and all the
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creNw, being saved as prisoners. Her armament con
siste4 of two 11-inch guns on her bow, and two 9-inch
guns aft.
We have no report of the damage, if any done to
our vessels, in the gallant affair. Five of our men
were Wounded. No loss of the enemy, in killed and
wounded, has transpired.
This - disposes of all the ,enemy's boats between
Port Hudson ant Vicksburg, and the fate that has
befallen them will probably deter any , more front
endeavoring to "open the Missisaippi,” between
the points named, single-handed. It has been de- ,
monetrated they can be gobbled up - in detail, and
the enemy will probaNy profit by this dear-bought
experience. Thus far, the movement against Vick* ,
burg has cost him three a his best crafts. , -theCairov
on the Yazoo; and the Indianola and Queen of the
West.
We understand the crew of tlie - Ixtdianela•wilt arm
rive in this city this evening.
ADDITIONAL PA:RTIOIIIIARS.
Since the foregoing was written and put in type r
we have some additional partimlarly from an au ,
thentic source—a participant in the fight. &s stated,
the expedition was commanded by Major Brent.
Lieut. Handy commanded the steamer Webb, ()apt . ..-
McCloskey the Queen of. the West, witleCapt. Hut--
ton as executive officevof the fleet: • .
The expedition started in, pursuit of the' United'
States gunboat Indianola; and came up' with her,
about five miles below New Carthage; at nine'
o'clock last Tuesday night. The enemy were not
aware of our approach until. we were, within about
half a mile of her, when she rounded' broadside to' r
having a coal barge alongside to protect her. The
Queen of the West put on all steam - and ran into
the Indianola, cutting the coal barge in two, and in
juring the machinery of the enemy materially, when
the action on both sides became general. The Webb'
then butted at full speed, when the enemy, being much'
damaged and in a sinking condition, was Tllll ashore'
en the Louisiana side.
The Dr. Batey coming up just at this time, was'
ordered to board the enemy, and, as she approached,-
the Indianola surrendered. The officers and crew.,
numbering about 120 men ' were all taken prisoners.
An attempt was made to take the prize to Natchez r
but, 'the Indianola being in a sinking condition, it
was necessary to run her on a sand-bar, on the Nis
sissippi side, and the Queen of the West was sent up
to Vicksburg to procure mechanics to repair da
mages. The Indianola is a formidable iron -clad,
mounting foUr heavy eleven-inch guns.
Our loss was.two killed and five Wounded. That
of, the enemy was unknown.
AN OFFICIAL c REPORT OF THE" AFFAIR.
We have been placed in - posseesion of the. follow
ing despatch to the commander of the department
STEAMER. DE. BATEY, (30 miles below yicksbure.)
- _ _February 26i 1861
GEN. PEMBERTON' Last night s about 10 o'clock,
we fell in with the United States iron•clad 'gunboat
Indianola, and after the rams Queen of. the- West
and Webb, Tinder Major Brent, had engaged her, for
an hour, I went alongside, *hen the cornniander,
Lieutenant Brown, United States navy, surrendered
tome. 'As all the credit is due to Major Brent, I
have turned over to him, in a sinking condition; the
prize,. which we hope to save. Only five of our men.
hurt FRED. B. BRAND, Eieut. Col, Corn.
THE SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON.
Affairs at Hey.West—Capture of the Anglo ,.
Rebel Steamer Peterhoff—The _Virginia
aindAdela—Marinea.ud Naval Intelligence:,
KEY WEST ' FLA.,
Saturday, March 8, 1.863-43¢ P. M.
The English steamer Peterhott of London, has
just come into the harbor, in charge of Acting Blas
ter E; Lewis, having been captured by the • United
States steamer -Vanderbilt, off the _harbor of St.
Thomas, W. L > She is a large screw -steamer; under
command of an English naval officer, with several
passengers,' among theta an agent'of Lloyds. Her
cargo, as manifested, is blanket; shoe; cloths,
clothing, &.c., &c., and it is believed that arms and
ammunition also are on board. The ship was regu;
larly cleared at London for• Matamoros, and is one
of those cases which usually escape, condemnation,
unless caught in the act of entering some blockaded
port. She is a very valuable vessel and cargo, and
should she prove • a prize, the proceeds will tell in
the exchequer of the captors. -
Two condemned English steamers leave here to
day for New York and °a market. They are both
loaded with prize goods, captured in other vessels
Sent on for sale. One is the Virginia, the other the
Adele, whose case has been so long before the court.
The bark Nalilon Williamson and brig J. M. Sawyer
also leave here to-day'for New York, with carsoes
of prize goods, for sale in that market. The frigate
Colorado arrived 'here three days since from New
York, and is now coaling and bound west
Several of our g - unbikats, among them. Shepherd
Knapp, were at St. Thomas about the 26th ult.,
having been in pursuit of the Alabama and Oreto,
without any tidings of either of them. The We
chusett, Commodore Wilkes, was Apokerenear St.
Thomas on the 2ith.
The bark A. Boynton, orßoston, Cant-Mitchell.-
from New Orleans for' New York, struck on the
Florida Reef, and, receiving some damages, came in
here this morning for repairs. Her cargo, consist—
ing of sugar, molasses, rags, and cedar, will 'be
transferred to another vessel, and sent direct'on to
New York. -
The weather here is-becoming warm, and the
drought on the island is extreme; even the weeds
are parching with thirst, and cisterns are nearly'
empty. The health of the town is good and busi—
ness brisk.—New York' Trines.
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
Considerable Rebel Force at Gloucester
``Court'House—They Threaten' Gloucester
Point—Preparations to Repel an Attack.
• Yonmrowir - , VA., March 14, 1863.
It is reported that there are between two and three
thousand of 'the rebels at Gloucester Court House,
which is fifteen miles from the fortifications at GiOu
cester' Point. Their pickets hare been seen for
several days within a mile of our outposts. They
may not have any hostile intentions ; but their ac- -
bons would warrant the belief that they are pre
meditating an attack on our forces at the Point. If
such is the case, they, will accomplish nothing but
their own destruction, for the earthworks are well
constructed and strong, and they contain a sufficient
- force to keep double the reported number -of the
enemy at bay. - A battalion of ihe 2d Massachusetts
Volunteer Cavalry and a battery have been sent '
there, and I understand are to remain. permanently.
Brigadier General Busteed Min command. All the
roads that approach the Point are within range of
the heavy guns at Fort Yorktown, and also of the •
gunboat Mahaska, which lies in the river just above
the fort. The Crusader, that is blockading at Mob
jack Bay, left hereto-day.' The gunboat Gen. Put
nam, that is usually here, has gone to Baltimore for
repairs. We are having genuine March weather— -
cold, blustering, and rainy, with oceasimal sprink
ling of sunshine.—N. Y. Tribune. _ . .
Letter from Secretary Seward.
The following letter was read at the great Union
Meeting held at Brooklyn, New York, last Monday
evening : . .
DEPAETITE.NT OF STATE,
WAsmivoToiv, Tuesday, March It, 1863:
To L. B. Wyman, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of.
Arrangements; Brooklyn, New Pork:
SIR : I regret that I cannot attend your meeting
on Monday evening. Go - on and organize your ,
Union League. Write out the bond in a bold, broad,
unmistakable hand. Let.whomsoever will, be they
old or young, of either sex, of whatever nation, reli
gion or race, sign it. Let each subscriber take a
certificate of membership, frame it in the costlieat
manner he can afford, suspend it conspicuously! in
his saloon or in his cabin, preserve it with the , care a
miser bestows on his gold, and bequeath it at his
death to whomsoever be loves beat. The dip/oma
-will grow in value as years rolln.way and happy- ge
nerations succeed each other in the glorious land we
have inherited. -
Only those who are physically active and athletic
can secure to themselves the - greater honor of -hav
ing their names borne on the muster-rolls of the
Army and Navy of the United States, which-I am.
sure will never be suffered-to perish. Those .of us
to whom this privilege is denied, through age- or in
lirmity, are unworthy of our relationship to the.he
roes of our country if we do not, with our voices,
our, votes, and our treasure, sustain :them in the tri
als of the camp and the dangers of the field, console
their families in their fears and their privations, and
willingly prepare wreaths to crown, when their, ser
vice ends, the returning soldiers of freedom, defend
ers of the Republic, and saviours of the Union.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
- WILLIAM - H. SEWARD.
The New Congress.
The New York. Tribune thus sums up the charm
teristice , of the 'letuling members of the mew Con-
"Of the-members of the present House, who have
already been re-elected, Messrs. Stevens and Kelley,
of Pennsylvania ; Corning ,- aud , -Fenton, . of New
York ;-Cox and Ashley, of Ohio ; Blair and Rollins,
of Missouri ; Colfax and Holman, of Indiana; Love
joy and RN. Washburn, of Illinois ; Eliot and Al
ley) of Massachusetts ; are best known to the coun
try. - Mr. Stevens would have been .a prominent
member of -any. deliberative body:that ever met, and
with just • a• little more deference to theludgments
and wishes of his friends, would be a model parlia
mentary leader. Mr. Colfax falls a -little short of
the-ideal standard through an opposite error, a horror
of minorities„ and of saying or doing to-day what la
unlikely. to be popular till day Atter ,to-morrow.
JudgeXelley, of .Philadelphia, has probably as clear
a conception of the great struggle into which we
have been plunged, and.as ailment a power of set
tingforth the whole truth, without frightening, the
weaker., brethren, as any man „who has for many.-
years. addressed the House. Mr.-Lovejoy is a most -
vigorous- debater, abut sometimes commitk the mis,
take; of making his statements needlessly offensive.
to his opponents. The defeatoEiVallandighani;.and :
the elevation of Richardson to the Senate, advances,
S. S. Coa to the speaking lead'of the Copperhead
phalanx in the House, especially if:X.r. , lWay should!
take brevet rank in Jeff Davis' -next Congress,. in
accordance With the tenor of his late' Secesh speech..
But, whether he repairs again to Richmond or. stays
awayotie most unlikely that 'Mr. M. will be return-.
ed to. Washington. Re clearlylas business at the.
other: shop." -
The Atlantic Telegraph.
NEwYonx, - March 17.—A- meeting held to-day in.
the Produce" Exchange in aid. of the Atlantic tele-.
graph,- was- addressed by Cyrus - W.- Field, W. E.
Dodge, and A. A. Low,Esqs. The sum. of 5A.,550-
was raised . on the spot, and a committee. appoint,
ed , act in concert- with• the coniMitine. OF
the Chamber of Commerce,,in .obtairdng..subscrip-.
lions. No 'doubt a large sum will,be.raisedamea&
this clasi of citizens., Mr. Field, by invitation, wilL
address the Stock Exchange to-morrow.
From eincitata,ti:
fi"fl IYlerch.l.7.The . police force of. the,
city was yesterdays disarme&.s. by. order of General :
Thomas. They have sported,Vnited States..mpskets.
for some months..
. .
' A bill will bainirodncede lathe Ohio .Logielature
soomautboriziag- the.Govsrnor.to cal - Lout' the mili
tia in ease of an invasion, and appropriating. one Intl ,
lion of dollaralor the expethies, and-asimilar amount
for arms and:equipmenta -
Fire in Broolqyn.
NEW team, March 17.—A are took Tilaceto•day ,
in a sma.l dwelling, on-Third avenue, _Brooklyn,. Go.
cupied'hy Peter Flannery,. aed 'was produced by the
exploeiew of a quantity o 5 powder. which - the in.
mates.- were endeavoring to dry be the stove, five
PerE emit were badly. burned.'
Tije Norwial
youx, March 17. --The steamer City, of Bois.
ton resumes her place in the Norwich line tomor
row afternoon,, and will run._aa alternate days with
the Cits of New-York.
Collision and;Loss of Lite.
Nicw Yonx t March,l7.—The schooner D. O. Fos
ter was run into off Barnegat on then'ght of the
.12th, by the . schooner Eleanor T.., of Philadelphia.
Both. vessels are at Tuokerton Inlet. The Foster
was badly stove and lost one man.
Launch or the Shamrock.
, .
NewYORK, March 17.—The U. S. steamer Shm.
rook was launched at high water this morning, fieso k
the Brooklyn navy yard. - • .
Markets - by= Telegraph.
Bevrianynn, Mardi `l7.—Flour dull and nominal.
`Wheat dull; white $1.99(01.95; - red =,5 2X2.'@1.74.
.ClorrCdull`; white eavy at 92@930; : . yellow un
changed. Oats active ; Penns3:l:;:aumt, 78,pp . p.„
Whisky 4ull awl 41Qoping. • ' • -
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